Jw Woodward's Biggest Mistake (And How to Avoid It)

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Why do mistakes happen? How can you deal with them? Can they be avoided ? A proper view of mistakes will help to answer these questions. “It’s best to recall your mistakes in a constructive way. Take the lesson you learned, and use it to avoid repeating the mistake. But don’t let the memory hang over you like a dark cloud. Accept the lesson and move on.” —Zipporah. In JW parlance, “ light ” refers to God’s truths, and in a bizarre twist of Proverbs 4:18 (“But the path of the just is like shining light that grows in brilliance till perfect day” [New American Bible]), the WTS has mistaken the just person’s path, or course of his or her life that improves over time as he or she continues to walk. When we refuse to admit we have made a mistake , we outrage the judgment of others; and they will conclude that we are either too proud, or dishonest, or too stupid to recognize that we made a mistake —all of which may well cause a barrier to come between us and those around us. Yet they still made serious mistakes . Their experiences were written in the Bible so that we can meditate on them and learn valuable lessons. What can we learn from what happened to them, and how can we avoid making the same mistakes they did? — Read Romans 15:4. Admitting your mistakes will make you a more responsible and trustworthy person. Regardless of age or experience, we all make mistakes. Who was Abraham, and how did his nephew Lot come to dwell in the wicked city of Sodom? JEHOVAH is not responsible for hardships we may experience because of our mistakes. Mistakes arise from “ faulty judgment , inadequate knowledge, or inattention,” explains one dictionary. We have to admit that at one time or another, every person displays one or more of those traits.